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Enhancing Performance Management and Sustainable Development through e-government policies in Urban Areas
2013
The goal of this paper is to demonstrate how system dynamics modelling can be used in e-government policy and systems as an aid to spport territorial ananlysis, planning and governance, sustainable performance in urban areas and the assessment of policy outcomes. Topics such as renewable energy, efficiency, the design and exploitation of urban energy, water and waste management infrastructure and the alignment of different stakeholders provide relevant fields of study for the analysis of this paper. Specifically, we reflect upon the way in which a preliminary dynamic performance management model of an exemplary case study can be used to foster a common shared view among different policy mak…
Educational Impact Evaluation of Professional Development of In-Service Teachers: The Case of the Dialogic Pedagogical Gatherings at Valencia “On Gia…
2021
There is a broad consensus on the impact of teacher quality on students’ outcomes. However, the debate on how to evaluate the impact of teacher training on student improvement remains open. The evaluation of the impact of in-service teacher training, organized in a network for different schools, has been analyzed very little to date. Our research displays an innovative approach in this regard, through an In-Service Professional Development Program based upon scientific evidence and dialogic principles: The Pedagogical Gatherings “On Giant’s Shoulders”. We conducted a multilevel communicative study to analyze its impact upon students’ achievement and schools’ outcomes whose teachers taking p…
Smart Buildings for a Sustainable Development
2014
The use of sustainable technologies for buildings, with the goal of creating an environment for living and working that uses fewer resources and generates less waste, also aims to retrofit existing buildings to be more efficient in terms of energy and water. Many cities are following this way targeting both commercial and municipal buildings. These cities are called smart cities, that are places where all life processes and nerve centres of social life are read, thanks to the use of technology, in order to radically improve quality of life, opportunity, prosperity, social and economic development. This paper deals with the study of smart buildings within smart cities, namely the use in an i…
The Triple Layered Business Model Canvas Meets the Beekeeping Sector. General and Particular Considerations from the Romanian Industry
2020
Abstract Today, sustainability has been clearly recognized as a necessity at global level by many, and the role of the business environment as a contributor in ensuring sustainability has become more and more acknowledged lately. Several efforts undertaken in this direction were focused on obtaining higher life quality levels and long-term benefits through businesses’ actions. Exploring and understanding agri-businesses from a managerial perspective becomes necessary due to sector’s particularities, but also to the fact that they are generally small enterprises, deeply embedded into their local communities. Beekeeping, as an agricultural branch, has indispensable contributions at societal a…
Strengthening the Social Capital in Rural Areas Through the Rural Renewal Program. A Case Study of Opole Voivodeship
2019
Opinions regarding the limited resources of the social capital in Poland are quite common. The country is particularly often referred to as a place with a lower level of organization of its inhabitants. Therefore, a change is necessary towards a greater activation of local communities and creation of social organizations aimed at solving local problems. The effective implementation of development programs may provide considerable support for the introduction of these changes. The Rural Renewal Program may serve as a particularly good example in this respect because the local community is not only the beneficiary, but mainly the initiator of the actions taken. The purpose of the paper is to …
Commercio globale e diritto del lavoro: l'accordo di libero scambio UE-Giappone
2019
Il presente lavoro analizza da una prospettiva giuslavoristica il recente accordo di libero scambio concluso tra Unione Europea e Giappone (EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement): dopo una breve comparazione tra i due sistemi lavoristici, il saggio analizza il capitolo dell’accordo in materia di sviluppo sostenibile, evidenziandone la debolezza in ragione dei meccanismi unicamente di soft law; nell’ultima parte viene affrontato l’unico aspetto ancora oggetto di negoziazione, ovvero i meccanismi arbitrali di risoluzione delle controversie in materia di investimenti (Investor-State dispute settlement) ed i connessi problemi di compatibilità col diritto dell’Unione Europea. The present work …
Municipal Thematical and Territorial Indicator Systems for Sustainable Socio-Ecological Coastal Governance
2017
Abstract . There are recognized in Latvia the lack of locally based coastal socio-ecological research knowledge and its interpretation into municipal safety and development planning from one side as well as also only land-side oriented and separate sectorial development interests based coastal municipalities’ governance/planning practice from other side. Coastal governance practice development problems solution at the local level are to be seen at both ends of governance cycle – coastal situation evaluation (e.g. science) and policy design and implementation . Overall objective is to create, apply/test and use applicable interface system for integrated coastal science transfer into integrat…
The SDGS and Human Rights Key Instruments in the Response and Recovery from the Pandemic
2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is a valuable opportunity to draw a series of important lessons that may be key to turning the tide and laying the foundations to face the new and unprecedented challenges that humanity will face in the coming years. After analysing the differences between this crisis and the two previous ones experienced in the 21st century, a series of lessons that should be considered stand out. Next, the Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights are presented as key instruments to guide the construction of a new model that leaves no one behind and increases our resilience. Finally, it concludes by collecting a series of theoretical reflections that could be used as a methodolo…
Citizen science for scientific literacy and the attainment of sustainable development goals in normal education
2020
Curricular integration of the formal teaching of citizen science can bring to the classroom aspects of scientific literacy that encourage the involvement of citizens. In particular, these include non-epistemic aspects related to the sociology of science (which are often not transferred to the classroom). Furthermore, this practice raises awareness among students, and encourages them to become participants in the attainment of the United Nations&rsquo
Miasta przyszłości: między oczekiwaniami a rzeczywistością
2017
Koncepcja nowoczesnego i zrównoważonego rozwoju miast – smart city, oferując rozwiązania z wykorzystaniem najnowocześniejszych technik ICT, pozwala kreować niemal utopijne w swych założeniach miasta. W praktyce jednak, choć zaawansowane technologicznie, zdają się mijać z oczekiwaniami najważniejszych aktorów miast – ich mieszkańcami, a w skrajnych przypadkach nawet ich brakiem. Niniejszy artykuł ma być próbą wskazania aspektów, w których teoria budowy nowoczesnych miast w zderzeniu z praktyką zawodzi.